Step 8: Button Hole

Step 9: Attach Strap to Front and Back...

Comments

I favorited this ible, Thank you! I never would have thought about using a bicycle inner-tube as a guitar strap. I was browsing for home-made guitar straps until I came across this ible.

I've used traditional straps, and home-made straps... commonly, both strap types have left me with painfull muscle aches along my collar bone area. I've tried pads of various types, but they either looked too bulky or they slid down the strap away from my shoulder.

If I use this inner-tube idea, I wouldn't cut the inner-tube, instead I would close a D-ring around the inner-tube, and then I would inflate the inner-tube just enough to form an "air cushion" to protect my collar muscles from the heavy weight of the guitar and bass. This way I can play longer without being distracted by shoulder pains cause by the dead-heavy weight of the guitar.